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Derick Hall: "We're Still Trying To Define Who We Are" · Seahawks Press Pass

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  Speaker 1: What's that, honey good about y'all.
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  Speaker 2: Dere if we know that that game was finished without
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  Speaker 2: any number of starters and you went into the game
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  Speaker 2: like that, But what were the positives that you took away.
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  Speaker 3: From the defense?
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  Speaker 1: Uh? Yeah, I just think the resiliency piece. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: we never quit. We always played uh hard and you
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  Speaker 1: know a lot of the time just watching the tape
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  Speaker 1: and going back and looking at a lot of those
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  Speaker 1: guys that played there, there wasn't a drop off in
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  Speaker 1: the uh you know, from from Leo and merv to
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  Speaker 1: to Miles Adams and uh big Bohana. You know, those
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  Speaker 1: guys came in and played really really well in the
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  Speaker 1: in the snap that they did have. So, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's just things across the entire defense that we had
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  Speaker 1: to fix. And you know, going into this week, it's
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  Speaker 1: a new week, still early in the season, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: still trying to find who we are. But there there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of positive take away from that.
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  Speaker 4: When you look at Daniel Jills, a lot of his
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  Speaker 4: passes they're just short.
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  Speaker 3: They're short, they're quick, they're they're about about ten yards.
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  Speaker 4: What's the challenge in creating turnovers?
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  Speaker 2: If that's the style.
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  Speaker 4: Of offense they play.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I I just think across the front just still
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  Speaker 1: trying to affect him. You know, we even trying to
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  Speaker 1: put a certain scheme together and certain things to be
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  Speaker 1: able to get him, you know, off the spot at
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  Speaker 1: different things like that. C Uh, quick wins up front
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  Speaker 1: is gonna be key for us. Uh, you know, taking
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  Speaker 1: advantage of the matchups that we have and then going
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  Speaker 1: back into that, you know, the secondary doing their job
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  Speaker 1: and you know, doing what they do really really well
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  Speaker 1: and also gives us time to affect them. So I
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  Speaker 1: think that's gonna be the key this week.
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  Speaker 3: You ever had a one handed sack like that?
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  Speaker 1: No? And I didn't. Uh, I didn't realize it was
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  Speaker 1: like dang like it look it looked a lot different
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  Speaker 1: on video then it than it felt in person.
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  Speaker 3: I know he was in the pocket. But were you
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  Speaker 3: worried initially that they would call call you for a
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  Speaker 3: horse caller?
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  Speaker 1: No? No, uh, you know that's something that obviously being
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  Speaker 1: the past RUSS so you have to know the rules
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  Speaker 1: and that's something that you know, we we know across
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  Speaker 1: our front here that that's that's that's a legal tackle.
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  Speaker 3: So where do you guys feel like is a defensive
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  Speaker 3: frome and there you were missing some guys last week.
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  Speaker 3: But where do you guys feel like you're you're still
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  Speaker 3: growing and coming together with like what what's the next
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  Speaker 3: step for you?
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  Speaker 1: Uh? Yeah, I think not only as the front, but
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  Speaker 1: as a team, we're still kind of defined in who
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  Speaker 1: we are. Uh you know, I think TEA teams know
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  Speaker 1: we're resilient, we play hard, we play confident, we play fast,
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  Speaker 1: but uh, you know, I I think we're still trying
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  Speaker 1: to find who we are across the front, and like
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  Speaker 1: I said, as a team, but speaking specifically to the front,
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  Speaker 1: you know, still trying to learn each other. You know.
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  Speaker 1: I think that's a big thing. Knowing who you're rushing with,
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  Speaker 1: knowing who you're playing with across the front, and knowing,
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  Speaker 1: you know, how the way this guy does his thing
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  Speaker 1: is gonna affect the way I rush, and you know
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  Speaker 1: vice versa, you know, so we all can become a
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  Speaker 1: cohesive one unit be affected. So I think that's the
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  Speaker 1: biggest thing across the front right now.
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  Speaker 3: It was out boy a last year team started as
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  Speaker 3: he the sacks started mounting, he started seeing more attention.
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  Speaker 3: If you if you got any of that yet, or
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  Speaker 3: if you talk to him or anyone else about sort
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  Speaker 3: of how that will change if you keep put up
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  Speaker 3: these numbers.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously haven't gotten none of that yet. That's obviously expected.
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  Speaker 1: You know, when you start to douild things, you know,
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  Speaker 1: teams started keying on you. But just talking to Boy
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  Speaker 1: and Chenna, you know, they're like, it's gonna happen. So luckily,
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  Speaker 1: you know, we'll get those guys back and it won't
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  Speaker 1: be as bad. You know, having two great pass rushers
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  Speaker 1: on the field and you know, sparing them from time
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  Speaker 1: to time, and you know, being able to keep the
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you can't double everybody across the front, So
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  Speaker 1: just having a really effective and you know great room
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  Speaker 1: across the front with Leo Murph and Jay Reid and
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  Speaker 1: Big Hank, you know guys that are across the front
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  Speaker 1: who's very very athletic and you know play played really
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  Speaker 1: good football. You know, it's hard to double everyone, So
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  Speaker 1: just being there to be effective as unit's still still
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  Speaker 1: really really big for us.
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  Speaker 2: The Giants rushing numbers are not very significant. In fact,
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  Speaker 2: they're averaging at three yards security or something like that.
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  Speaker 1: But what do you see when you see their run
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  Speaker 1: game on tape? Yeah, I think they're a hard, physical group. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, don't get it wrong. Uh, you know, cause
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  Speaker 1: Mike stood up here in front of us and and
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  Speaker 1: and said that they're their coach said that there are
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  Speaker 1: a couple of plays away from being three on one,
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  Speaker 1: and when you go and see the film, that's really
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  Speaker 1: really the truth. You know, they have a really really
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  Speaker 1: good unit, really really good group who plays hard and
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  Speaker 1: plays physical. So you know, we definitely have our work
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  Speaker 1: cut out for us on Sunday, especially coming off a
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  Speaker 1: short week.
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  Speaker 4: What was it Coach McDonald's message to you guys after after.
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  Speaker 1: That game Monday, Oh, yeah, you know we came in
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  Speaker 1: just really trying to take that next step. We reviewed
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  Speaker 1: it move forward, you know. We his thing coming in
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  Speaker 1: two with Star Fast, and you know, we felt like
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  Speaker 1: we do that really really well. Obviously want to go
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  Speaker 1: four and oh, but three and one. Uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the star Fast on the on that first fourth of
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  Speaker 1: the season is really really big. You know, it's hard
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  Speaker 1: to do in this league with all the uh talent
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  Speaker 1: and and really really good teams. So, uh, that was
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  Speaker 1: his messing. Now we're just moving forward on you know,
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  Speaker 1: to that to that next step.
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  Speaker 3: What changes in your recuperation in a short week like
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  Speaker 3: this or.
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  Speaker 2: Next week shortly.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think, uh e, everybody's different, but you know,
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  Speaker 1: we just have to come in still be effective. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: it's not gonna be as much hitting and banging. You know,
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  Speaker 1: there aren't un you know, any padded practices this week.
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  Speaker 1: So attention to detail is really really key. You know,
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  Speaker 1: things are slowed down quite a bit for us, you know,
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  Speaker 1: as as a team. So attention to detail going out,
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  Speaker 1: you know, being a professional at your job and what
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  Speaker 1: you do and taking this, you know, not taking it slightly.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that's the biggest thing for us, just
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  Speaker 1: trying to take the one day at a time of
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  Speaker 1: rep at the time and knowing, you know, it may
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  Speaker 1: not be as fast, but we have to be very
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  Speaker 1: detail oriented going into this week.
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  Speaker 2: What do you do with your body?
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  Speaker 4: And getting home on a Tuesday morning and haven't ramped
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  Speaker 4: up again Thursday, credit started.
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  Speaker 1: To place and then yeah, uh we got in Tuesday
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  Speaker 1: about four thirty, got up, came in from massage at eleven,
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  Speaker 1: did some treatment recovery and uh, you know, I just
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  Speaker 1: think that's yourself you have to take throughout the week. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, it's a short week and you know,
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  Speaker 1: just really trying to do whatever you can to get
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  Speaker 1: your body ready to play again on Sunday. So, you know,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, everybody's different, but as a team, I
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  Speaker 1: feel like we're heading in the right direction with the recovery.
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  Speaker 2: Wise, I mentioned importantness of the D line knowing each
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  Speaker 2: other in the connectedness, right, How important is that from
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  Speaker 2: the guys behind you, so that they know how what
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  Speaker 2: you're going to go so that they can take that
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  Speaker 2: gap and how do you develop that?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's huge. You know, having guys like
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  Speaker 1: bacon tea Dot behind us and then you have dB
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  Speaker 1: Spoon and everybody listening. You know, everybody's strengths and weaknesses
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  Speaker 1: and what they do best and what they don't do best.
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  Speaker 1: And I feel like that's just playing with one another.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we've all I've been here since since March
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  Speaker 1: and you know, really trying to learn each other and
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  Speaker 1: what each other do best. So just being able to
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  Speaker 1: continue to build that and I think that just comes
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  Speaker 1: with repetition. You know, knowing the guy you're playing with them,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, is being able to have that connection
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  Speaker 1: every single day, and you know, also knowing their life
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  Speaker 1: outside of football. You know, knowing people while will also
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  Speaker 1: give you a reason to play harder for one another
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  Speaker 1: and for each other. So you know, I think that's
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  Speaker 1: something that we share really really well across the team.
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  Speaker 4: If it Chinna's able to come back this this week. Uh,
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  Speaker 4: what does he bring to the defense?
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  Speaker 1: Number One? Leadership? Uh, the guy's a leader. Ever since
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  Speaker 1: he's been out, he's been here every day, he's been working.
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  Speaker 1: Uh obviously he doesn't he didn't travel with us, but
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  Speaker 1: even on the home games, he's out there coaching his
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  Speaker 1: butt off, doing everything he can to help his team
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  Speaker 1: be successful. Uh. Leadership, great player, poise, confident, Uh just
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  Speaker 1: even to day, just the way he h he goes
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  Speaker 1: about his working, the way he challenge the coaches on
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  Speaker 1: you know, every little thing. It's it's it's pretty cool
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  Speaker 1: cause he like, well I thought you said I thought
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  Speaker 1: you said that, and it's like, well, Tenner, you know what,
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  Speaker 1: you're just one of those guys who's really really smart
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  Speaker 1: to know the games that well. But you know, we'll
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  Speaker 1: get back to you on it. And uh, you know,
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  Speaker 1: he just I mean, he's an overall great player, smart
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  Speaker 1: player who I'm looking forward to have an opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: play with again, Derrick.
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  Speaker 4: You you have four sacks and four games now, and
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  Speaker 4: he just looking at a big picture.
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  Speaker 2: What do you make your first month and and what
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  Speaker 2: you been able to to do?
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  Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I think it's really really good. You know,
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  Speaker 1: what have I expected that necessarily? Uh No, but my
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  Speaker 1: opportunity position itself, you had to take advantage of it.
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  Speaker 1: And uh you know, it's conversation obviously I had coming
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  Speaker 1: into the season with Tenner, uh you know, with the
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  Speaker 1: way that that things happened to him, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: just just the way things are stacked up. Man, just
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  Speaker 1: really trying to be consistent. You know, it's not about
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  Speaker 1: you know, really the numbers. I mean, it's great to
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  Speaker 1: see and it's like, dang, like I really do have
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  Speaker 1: four saxon four games, and I'm on track, you know,
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  Speaker 1: to continue that. But you know, it's just about being consistent.
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  Speaker 1: As long as we win the game. You know, the
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  Speaker 1: personal stuff will come to, the personal accolades will be there.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: But you know, I'm a team player first, So I
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  Speaker 1: mean we just we just head on wheels towards or
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  Speaker 1: New York.
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  Speaker 4: You guys have not had a single game with China
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  Speaker 4: mot Byron Letter. You boy, like all playing and you're
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  Speaker 4: leading the NFL and pressure rate. Why how's that happening?
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  Speaker 1: I think it's the next man up. Mentally, I think
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  Speaker 1: just the way everybody comes to work every day, there
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  Speaker 1: isn't a drop off. I mean, like I said, that
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  Speaker 1: the guys that played this past week showed that we
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  Speaker 1: have the ability and we have depth across our front
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  Speaker 1: to go out to be successful every single week. Obviously
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  Speaker 1: we didn't get the W but like I said, there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot of positives coming out that game, so we
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  Speaker 1: have the guys in the room to go out and
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  Speaker 1: do it. And uh, you know, I think that's that
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  Speaker 1: just really speaks for herself. Anything else has appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.